Stop the Ban on Soft Baits in Maine!

On January 17, a bill was introduced in the state of Maine that would prohibit the use of all “rubber” lures. The legislation seeks to ban “rubber” baits but does not define the term. Even so, the intent of the legislation is clear – to ban the soft baits that Maine anglers use every day. The bill would even ban biodegradable soft baits currently available. Continue reading

Vote Today for Your Favorite Boating Safety or Clean Water Grant Project

“The Stakes are Higher”
BoatUS Foundation Grants Now $10,000 Each

One of ten BoatUS Foundation Grassroots Grants winners for 2011, the Rozalia Project for a Clean Ocean teaches kids about marine debris at an event in Boston MA, while recovering trash from the Charles River using a remotely operated vehicle.

ANNAPOLIS, Md., February 20, 2013 – The BoatUS Foundation for Boating Safety and Clean Water is looking to the public to help it select the winning projects in the competitive 2013 Grassroots Grants Program, which provides local non-profit groups up to $10,000 to help educate boaters on safe and clean boating topics. Anyone with a love for the water is encouraged to go to either www.Facebook.com/BoatUSFoundation orwww.BoatUS.com/foundation/grants/vote.asp to cast his or her vote.

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Help TBF/SAF Win Grassroots Grant Funding by Voting Online for our Project!

TBF_SAF_LOGO_2010_JPGCalling all Federation Members nationwide! WE NEED YOUR VOTE

The Boat US Foundation has a Grassroots Grant program underway that will award funding for specific projects across the United States.

We have submitted a grant under this program to assist us with the continued education of our anglers through an Aquatic Invasive Species Awareness and a Boater Safety message that will be placed on a new weigh-in trailer that we are working on. The message will include a “trailer wrap” that will highlight these topics and also audio visual equipment that will allow us to play an AIS/Boater Safety message during our events. Continue reading

Call to Action in Tennessee – Corps of Engineers to Close Six Tennessee Tailwater Fisheries

January 9, 2013

Dear Friends,

Some of the best fishing waters in Tennessee are about to be removed from public access. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recently confirmed plans to ban boat access below several dams, including Old Hickory, Cheatham, J. Percy Priest, Cordell Hull, Center Hill, and Dale Hollow.

District Commander Lt. Col. Jim DeLapp is claiming safety as the chief concern, but the numbers don’t support it. Of all the deaths that have occurred on Tennessee’s rivers and reservoirs over the last 50 years, less than three percent were below the dams. And almost all of those were the result of failure to wear or properly inflate a life jacket as required by law. Continue reading